A GoFundMe has been set up to support Kaylub Giamanco and his family. He is the father who ran into an Oregon elementary school during a shooting and stopped the gunman .
The fundraiser says the family has “an incredibly difficult road ahead.”
What happened at the school
As per the page, he “followed the gunman into the building and stopped him, putting his own life at risk in the process. “Good has to come from this. Things have to change. As per reports, he ran in and killed the teenage suspect.
The fundraiser describes Giamanco as a husband and a father to two girls, ages 5 and 10. Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, was driving home from lunch when he heard gunshots and saw a gunman entering the school, according to NBC News .
The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on October 15, 2026, “forever changed lives” and left the community of Bend “heartbroken, according to the GoFundMe page. The page says that in the middle of the tragedy, “one father stepped forward. It says he has called Bend home since middle school and that both of his daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary. The GoFundMe says Giamanco wants something good to come out of this. Our children deserve to be safe at school,” it says. Officials have not named him, but said his actions stopped further loss.
